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Polish and Chewa


Chewa and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Poland  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Zambia  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
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Interesting Facts
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Zulu language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
Moni  

Thank You
dziękuję  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
dobranoc  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
proszę  
Chonde  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
pepani  

Bye
do widzenia  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
45,000,000.00  
14
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
27
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Polski  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
polonais  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Polnisch  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
1270  
15th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Western  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Chewa  

Language Position
24  
22
27  
25

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
nya  

ISO 639 3
pol  
nya  

ISO 639 6
pols  
nya  

Glottocode
poli1260  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
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All Polish and Chewa Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Polish and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Polish and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Polish are spoken in different Polish Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Polish vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Polish dialects include: Kashubian, Masovian. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Polish and Chewa Speaking population

Polish and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Polish and Chewa on Polish vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Chewa Language Codes

Polish and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Polish and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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